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| Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the activities in the Athenian Agora during the period May 1947 to April 1948. The 1947 excavation lasted from March 10 to November 1. The efforts were concentrated on completing the exploration ... 10 Mar-1 Nov 1947 |
| Margaret Crosby ... Work in Section ΟΟ was concentrated on the east and west ends of the north side of the section: parts of the ancient east-west street were explored; ca 20 meters of the Great Drain was clearly exposed; ... 8 Mar-26 Apr 1948 |
Fragment from lower left part; bottom and side preserved; broken elsewhere.
Relief decoration on front much worn, but enough of tendrial and three letters in relief below remain to assign the fragment ... 3 April 1947 |
Broken at back; top of palmette chipped off at front. Below, letters in relief:
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay with white bits; light buff slip. Roman destruction debris. 101 Leica ... 21 April 1947 |
| Broken all around. Fragment from a pan tile.
Dull red glaze on concave side. On the corner side (unglazed) part of a circular stamp, with a horse in relief: head and one foreleg preserved.
Light brown ... 30 July 1947 |
Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils.
Gritty red clay; traces of white stucco. Signature along lower edge in raised letters: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Cf. A 1347 (ΟΟ 469). In late wall over D 1 ... 18 March 1948 |
Small piece, broken all around, from flat tile.
Coarse red clay with bits in it; dirty buff on under surface; red on upper. Stamp incomplete at both ends: Η Θ Υ. Byzantine Kalikia fill, east of Great Drain; ... 20 March 1948 |
| Fragment preserving part of a broad projecting rim with down-turned outer edge.
A groove at inner and outer edge of rim.
Opaque bluish white glass. Late Roman fill. 868 Leica, XXXIII-26 PD 505, PD 2023-14 ... 18 June 1947 |
| A single fragment preserves the neck, the flaring rounded rim, and one handle, with the upper attachment of the other, of a miniature amphora.
Dark blue glass; the handles white glass. For contaxt see ... 2 July 1947 |
| From rim and wall of a fairly large bowl, moulded.
Bowl with plain slightly out-turned rim. Two grooves around the rim. On the wall a scale pattern formed of oval depressions.
Colorless glass. Agora sample ... 9 July 1947 |
| Mended from four pieces; profile preserved to inside foot ring.
Ring foot; nearly flat bottom, upturned to form a very low wall; broad flat insloping rim, lightly grooved near inner and outer edges.
Nearly ... July 1947 |
| Small piece from the curving wall of a vase.
Part of a wing (?) and the end of a straight band, added in a second layer of glass. Small dots on the wing.
Thin colorless glass. On pebble mosaic floor. Container ... 11 July 1947 |
| Fragment with plain wide flat rim and part of cylindrical neck.
Thick brownish glass. Soft fill in top of cistern A.
Late Roman-Byzantine. 1645 Leica, 81-1-3 ... 6 April 1948 |
| Fragment from plain rim of open bowl.
On inside lip, bounded by two grooves, with notched ridge below lower one. Smaller sharper groove lower down.
Moulded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), p. 183 ... 22 April 1948 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Fragment of a roof-tile (cover tile) reused for the purpose of the inscription.
Part of one end of the tile is preserved.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found ... 5th. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
The upper part of a grave stele with rounded top.
On the stele proper, the head and shoulders of a draped man, left. Above him the inscription.
Part of one line of the ... 19 September 1947 |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Small piece, broken top, bottom and back, and preserving slightly less than half of columnar surface.
One line of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble ... 19 March 1948 |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Parts of eight lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine kalikia fill in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain ... 20 March 1948 |
| Inscribed fragment of small monument or dedication; twice inscribed.
Smooth worn top and bottom surfaces; part of picked right side and inscribed face preserved.
Parts of two inscriptions; ends of four ... 26 March 1948 |
| Small piece, preserving one corner, bent. Well, dump. Leica, XXIX-65 ... 31 July 1947 |
| A large one , slightly bent; one face plain.
Obverse: the letter X with countermark of lidded kernos at end of one cross-bar.
Reverse: plain. Plundered wall trench. 1661 Leica ... 16 April 1948 |
A rectangular weight with tortoise. Layer 5.
4th-3rd c. B.C. Leica ... 20 April 1948 |
| Chip missing.
Obverse: an insect, probably a bee.
Reverse: plain. Ancient street, east end; in drain 7. Leica ... 26 April 1948 |
| Obverse: Isis symbol between the pilei of Dioskouroi.
The letters Τ Ρ Ι Ω Β below.
Reverse: plain. Ancient street, east end; in drain 7. Leica ... 26 April 1948 |
| Obverse: Artemis (?) in short tunic, facing right, with torch held horizontally.
At least two letters, of which one below torch appears to be sigma (Σ). The others M I (?)
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom ... 27 April 1948 |
| A double-volute top with flat pear-shaped drop, attached to a heavy wire which forms a single loop.
Thin sheet of gold.
It seems unbroken but would be upside down if worn with present loop. Deposit of ... 8 April 1948 |
A pear-shaped drop of semi-precious stone (flawed ruby or garnet), pierced lengthwise to take a turned gold wire which ends in a small round suspension loop. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath ... 8 April 1948 |
Seed pearl cluster strung on thin gold wire.
The cluster formed by four small strands, wound together at one end, and finished with an added piece of gold leaf at the other. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust ... 8 April 1948 |
Polygonal bead with diamond shaped facets.
Pierced lengthwise.
Dark glass, heavily oxidized. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath to east of Poros Building. Found with coins nos. 12-47, for the ... 8 April 1948 |
| Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled.
Intaglio; bearded head, left, resting on birds' legs and provided cap, finished with a horse 's head at the top, the horse holding a wreath in its mouth. Symbols ... 8 April 1948 |
| Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled.
Similar to J 110, but slightly smaller. Chip missing from lower left.
Intaglio: standing semi-draped female figure (Aphrodite) left, seen from three-quarters near ... 8 April 1948 |
| Oval inset from bezel of ring.
Thick seal, the sides vertical, bevelled to the obverse.
Nude male figure standing right, carrying a pair of scales over left shoulder, and a small bag in his right hand ... 8 April 1948 |
Back part of lamp only preserved.
The lamp has a set off base with raised center. The almost vertical side makes a sharp angle at the shoulder. The disc, of which only the edge is preserved, rises above ... 1935 |
Small piece from base; letters incised within two grooves.
No glaze.
Light red clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection, type 28 of Agora collection.
Latest Roman fill. Leica PD 1020, 1471 ... 19 April 1947 |
Front half missing.
Unpierced handle; rosette on disk; herringbone on rim.
Signature incised on bottom.
Light brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Kalikia fill. Leica ... 1 May 1947 |
Fragment with handle and part of rim and discus preserved. Ovules on rim.
On discus, head to right, and upper part of trident preserved.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Late ... 14 May 1947 |
One nozzle missing.
Pierced vertical handle in center of discus.
Grooves around rim; raised disk either side of nozzles; raised triangle on top of nozzles.
Reverse, low base ring.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay ... 19 May 1947 |
Intact save for small hole in bottom.
Rays on discus; leaves and clusters of grapes on rim. Leaf in relief on bottom within single incised groove.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 20 May 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces. The lamp broken away. The head missing, the left hand, the right arm from the elbow, and the left leg from just below the knee to above the foot.
Nude standing male figure, with ... 18 June 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; the top of the handle missing, and chips.
Discus plain; rim, row of globules; handle, grooved, pierced.
Reverse, concentric grooves; within them, traces of a signature (letters ... 21 June 1947 |
Front half broken away.
Rim, concentric circles, dots and crosses; discus, uncertain design, with cross at top. Reverse, false ring foot, with rib to knob handle. Inside foot, trace of design; outside, ... 20 June 1947 |
Small piece from back part.
Grooved unpierced handle; rim, narrow band decorated with small curved gouges.
Reverse, concentric grooves.
The clay burned black and the rim twisted out of shape.
Waster (?) ... 20 June 1947 |
Intact.
Ring of dots around rim, then grooves next discus; small plain discus; grooved pierced handle. Reverse, within a single groove, an ivy leaf in low relief.
Unglazed.
Buff clay.
Type XXVII Variant ... 1 July 1947 |
Vertical strap handle missing; otherwise intact.
Low ring base; large wick-hole; plain flat top sunken slightly below top of wall; lug to either side.
Black glaze, much worn.
Brownish-buff clay; may be ... 9 July 1947 |
The handle and a fragment from the back of the body missing.
On the underside, instead of the usual "alpha" is the raised letter "epsilon".
Red to black glaze.
Red clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection ... 31 July 1947 |
The lamp intact, except for a small hole in the bottom; the stand broken away.
Plain discus and rim, separated from each other by a single groove. Heart-shaped nozzle. Handle pierced, with a single groove ... 11 August 1947 |
End of nozzle broken.
Discus, rosette; rim, dots and pannels; reserve, two grooves.
Unglazed
Hard dark buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Late Roman fill. 1108 Leica PD 975 ... 17 September 1947 |
| Intact.
On the discus, Christian monogram. Rim, impressed circles; reverse, three concentric grooves.
Unglazed
Reddish-brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Pillaged wall trench of west wall ... 22 September 1947 |
End of nozzle broken; otherwise intact.
Discus, rosette; rim, herringbone. Reverse, broadly almond-shaped groove around seven impressed circles. Handle, herring bone above, double groove below.
Unlazed ... 23 September 1947 |
Broken near handle but complete save minor chips.
Discus, amphora with flowers; rim, leaf-pattern; handle, double grooved. Reverse, double almond-shaped groove; within a palm branch and to either side ... 26 September 1947 |
Handle missing, otherwise intact.
Typical raised dots on body and rim. On the reverse, the typical "alpha", raised, and some other symbol, in relief dots.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Late Roman fill ... 6 October 1947 |
Part of the front and top missing.
Discus, Christian monogram, with impressed circle on the cross. Rim, herringbone; handle with double grooves above, single below; semi-pierced.
Reverse, two concentric ... 6 October 1947 |
Three joining fragments preserve rather less than half the body.
Discus, Athena head; rim, raised dots, separated by line. Reverse, within a single groove, the signature.
Unglazed.
Greenish-buff clay ... 16 October 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; small fragments missing throughout, and the ring of the handle.
Discus, plain, with stem rising at center. Rim, lightly incised scrolls, with groups of dots. Volutes near the nozzle, ... 20 October 1947 |
A single fragment preserves part of the bottom.
Within a single groove, the signature incised.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection.
Late Roman fill, below black strosis. Leica ... 20 October 1947 |
Complete save minor chips.
Single-nozzled lamp with hollow cone in center of floor. Rim fairly broad; no base. Large wick-hole encroaching on rim.
The interior, the rim and the nozzle glazed black; the ... 21 October 1947 |
The handle, about half the upper body, and chips from the nozzle missing.
Flat bottom, rising slightly at the center. The body more angular, and the shoulder more marked than commonly in this type. Flat ... 23 October 1947 |
Complete save small bit of body and minor chips.
Discus, cross, with impressed circles in the arms. Rim, wavy lines. Handle, solid, double grooved, above only. Reverse, double almond-shaped grooves enclosing ... 18 October 1947 |
An oval tube with bit of original flat surface-perhaps joint surface with separate base piece (?)-preserved at bottom. Broken at top, where bit of lower part of irregularly shaped lamp or dish preserved ... 28 April 1947 |
Single piece preserving about one third of bottom and part of signature.
Signed within two concentric grooves.
No glaze.
Gray-buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Late Roman. 946 Leica ... 30 June 1947 |
Most of top preserved and part of back; end of nozzle and upper half of handle missing.
Spirals on rim; relief on discus: Poseidon, right, trident in right hand, dolphin perched on left hand; cloak wrapped ... 6 May 1947 |
Small piece from back of large lamp.
Set on the rim, two small grooved vertical "handles". Broken off behind, a large pierced handle. The projections are each pierced horizontally with a small hole, neatly ... 1947 |
End of nozzle and handle missing, and chips.
Angular watch-shaped body; high edge around top.
Relief decoration on upper body: verticals, twisted.
Three small holes around filling hole.
Dull black glaze ... 19 March 1948 |
Flat rim with two deep grooves; double grooved handle on discus set slightly front of center. Palm leaf, with two rosettes on either side, in relief on front of rim; another palm leaf incised on front ... 24 March 1948 |
Mended from five pieces; top, much of rim and part of side missing.
Double convex body; low base with raised disk at center, double handle with shouldering. The double band applied around the handle above ... 5 April 1948 |
Fragment preserves mold for top and nozzle with rays on rim.
Two letters scratched on back.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 48A of Agora collection.
House E, fill in trench for drain. Late Hellenistic ... 5 April 1948 |
Handle and nozzle missing.
Rays on rim; low raised base, concave beneath.
Incised letters on the bottom.
Poor matte red glaze.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection ... 16 April 1948 |
Fragment from top of lamp, with the heads of two figures side by side, their arms around each other's shoulders. Both have heavy curling locks falling to the shoulders, large wreaths and pierced eyes ... 24 April 1948 |
Small fragment from bottom of lamp with part of signatures in raised letters.
Black glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cf. L 2055.
In ... 27 April 1947 |
Pointed leaf shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side.
Firm red clay with a few white bits. Thirty eight other kiln supports were found at the same time in ... 3 June 1947 |
Triangular leaf-shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side.
Red clay, buff surface; grayish (from ash ?) on one side, and burned along one edge.
Similar to MC ... 3 June 1947 |
Triangular leaf-shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side.
Similar to MC 702 and 703, but more rounded at the end, and less carefully shaped, the projecting ... 3 June 1947 |
Tip broken.
Leaf shaped support, turned up at the broad end.
Gritty purplish red clay; buff surface. 956 Leica, 90-10-6, 90-10-9 ... 2 July 1947 |
| Bowl broken away.
Elaborate leaf pattern around stem. Stamp with date: the year 1057, Mohamedan calendar 1679 A.D. Picked up in east side of section. Leica, 83-4-2, 83-4-3, 83-4-4, 83-4-5 ... Card: 1679 A.D. |
Intact except for small chips.
Spreading rim above a low straight-sided hollow ring foot.
Slightly micaceous pinkish buff clay, with smooth surface. Sherds from same fill stored in box 184. House E, room ... 2 April 1948 |
Handle and part of wall of a micaceous one-handled jug.
Scratched just below the handle:
Brown fabric black on the surface. Late Roman-early Byz. fill over house C. Leica ... 26 March 1947 |
| From the lower side wall, with variegated ornament: kantharos, mask, tendril, and tip of pointed leaves below. Roman fill on bedrock; 6th.-7th. c. A.D. Leica, 99-22-10(11), 99-22-12 ... 18 April 1947 |
| Mended from several pieces; about two-thirds preserved with the full profile. Flat bottom, low flaring wall, keeled rim. On the floor, two groups of concentric grooves around an illegible stamp.
Light ... 28 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment. Straight wall; plain lip slightly out-turned; two grooves just below it outside, and a third slightly lower, bordering the figured scene. Uncertain representation: perhaps a large tree at ... 3 May 1947 |
Short-necked amphora with arched handles round in section.
Dipinto in black on shoulder between two handles:
Very light buff clay, almost white on surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, ... 13 May 1947 |
Neck, upper part of handles, and lip (except for chips) preserved. Large heavy amphora with rather short neck and very heavy arched handles, round in section. Projecting lip, flat on top, set off below ... 13 May 1947 |
Three joining fragments give part of the floor and ring foot of a large gray ware plate. Two wide bands of rouletting between pairs of grooves; between the two, the tips of a large palmette(?) indifferently ... 5 June 1947 |
| a) Three joining fragments preserve part of the flaring rim with moulded vertical face and of the wall of a deep bowl. Decoration from top to bottom: two light grooves; then a band of egg and dart; then ... 16 June, 5 July 1947 |
Fragment of neck and shoulder, with short vertical strap handle.
Graffito under handle: P I B
Brown micaceous clay, black at the surface. 865 Leica ... 17 June 1947 |
About half of a long rectangular lug handle, with part of some ornament rising at the center. Impressed ovules on a raised band along the edge of the rectangular portion.
Pinkish-orange clay; dull rather ... 16 June 1947 |
Several joining fragments preserve the neck, much of both handles and part of the shoulder. Other fragments, stored in tin, give part of the wall, and the bottom with the toe (chipped). Large massive amphora ... 18 June 1947 |
Two joining fragments from the shoulder of a plain amphora, broken off at the junction with the neck.
Painted in large red letters:
Coarse dark pinkish-buff clay; the surface wheelridged. House C, ... 20 June 1947 |
Fragment from the rim of a Late Roman B bowl with steep wall. Broad projecting rim, nearly flat on top, the surface covered with wavy rouletting.
Hard dark red clay; firm red glaze. Building A, room ... 20 June 1947 |
Ring foot and lower wall only preserved; from a heavy-walled skyphos, the sides drawn in sharply towards the bottom.
Incised inside foot:
Black glaze inside and out, almost entirely peeled. The space ... 30 July 1947 |
Late Roman A plate. Mended from many pieces; about half preserved. Typical broad-floored plate. Beneath, a single very fine ring marks off the lower edge of the wall, which serves as resting surface, from ... July 1947 |
Single fragment preserves mouth, handle and part of upper body.
Graffito at base of handle:
Micaceous gray-black clay. Well, container 18. 1080 Leica ... July 1947 |
A single fragment, broken all around, probably from the shoulder of a large amphora.
Dipinto in black:
Dark red clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII (Late 1st.-2nd. c. A.D.). Well, ... July 1947 |
A single large fragment preserves the neck and shoulder, with one handle and the stubs of the other. Tall lightly wheel-ridged neck; rolled rim; sloping shoulder. Handles from well below rim to top of ... July 1947 |
Four joining fragments preserve the profile complete, with about half the rim and all of the foot. Restored in plaster. Open bowl with ring foot, sloping floor and plain rim, nearly vertical. Two horizontal ... July 1947 |
Fragment from rim and wall of a semi-glazed krater. Thin black glaze inside and on rim; a thin red band outside above the handle attachment.
Inscribed on the wall inside, in two lines, the first erased: ... 9 August 1947 |
| Mouth and handle missing; minor chips. Foot in two degrees; on the shoulder double rays; double row of dots above scene. On the body, quadriga right. Behind the horses, one standing with a harp; and another ... 13 August 1947 |
The mouth and handle missing, and minor chips; the upper body mended from several pieces. Similar to P 18502 (ΟΟ 365), but somewhat smaller and the incision somewhat more careful. The figure in front of ... 13 August 1947 |
The mouth missing. The foot in a single degree; on the shoulder, tongues and blobs; on the body, three palmettes, separated by long petals. No clear remains of added color. Bothros of Agonippos. 1100 Leica, ... 13 August 1947 |
| Three joining fragments preserve about half, including one handle and all of foot. Low disk foot with a depression at its center; vertical rim, inset. Black for the rim, on the outside of the handle, and ... 8 August 1947 |
| Small fragment from shoulder. Upper border, encircled palmettes; below, head and wings of Nike, left, the wing tips encroaching on the border. Firm white with brown over-painting for the figure's face ... 1 October 1947 |
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